title: The relationship between acculturation and oral contraceptive use among Korean immigrant women.
abstract: We explored the relationship between acculturation and beliefs, attitudes, norms, and intention regarding oral contraceptive use among Korean immigrant women using acculturation and the theory of reasoned action (TRA) as the frameworks. A total of 1,494 Korean surname-based telephone numbers were sampled in New York City. One hundred forty-five Korean immigrant women completed a telephone survey. The findings support the assumption that acculturation affects intention to use oral contraceptives indirectly only through one or more of the TRA components. Acculturation could function as an antecedent to changes in beliefs, attitudes, norms, and intention in this population. Acculturation assessment tools could provide health professionals insight into how to better approach this population on such culturally sensitive health issues as contraceptive use.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of New Mexico, MSC 09 5350, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Jongwon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jezewski
authors.forename: Yow-Wu Bill
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carvallo
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003625:Data Collection; D004522:Educational Status; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral